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L59/10938, unit 747, VPRS 1189 inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 59.10.28Preferred Citation:
Ferdinand von Mueller to John Moore, 1859-10-28. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id/59-10-28>, accessed April 20, 2025
Melbourne bot. & zool. Garden,
28. Oct. 1859
Sir
I have the honor to transmit to you the documents received by last mail in reference
to the loan of an Alpaca-ram granted by the New South Wales Government to this establishment.
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The file includes C. Ledger to M, 22 October 1859, and also a letter that Michael Fitzpatrick, Department of Lands and Public Works, Sydney, wrote to the Superintendent of Alpacas, Goulburn, NSW [i.e. Ledger] on 28 June 1859:
'Referring to your letter of 13th May last, I am directed to inform you that the Executive
Council have approved of a Male Alpaca being lent to the proprietors of the Llama
flock in Melbourne, as requested by the Reverend Mr Bleasdale, on the conditions that
it shall be returned when demanded, and that particulars of the success, or, otherwise
attending its introduction be communicated to the Government of this Colony from time
to time, of which Mr Bleasdale has been apprised, as well as that you will deliver
the animal to any one furnished with authority to receive the same.'
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
your most obedient and humble servant
Ferd. Mueller.
Mr Undersecretary Moore
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